Re: A recrutement parade in Corperation St
My grandfather was shot in the arm, the bullet went in one side and came out the other. He was not treated for three weeks, so the story goes, and the family blamed the lack of treatment for the way his hand was screwed up after that, preventing him from doing any more than a light job. The real reason his hand folded inwards was indeed the result of trauma, however, it looks to me like he probably had Dupuytrens disease. It is hereditory, and I also have Dupuytrens, but so far only the lumps in my hand and no contracture. He was shot and it was discovered, I just had a tiny operation to find out I had got it. I do not understand why he did not have an operation for his contracture, after all, surgery for this problem was available from 1831 onwards, but perhaps there were so many war casualties that there was simply no chance of corrective surgery. My grandfather was very bitter as a result of his injuries. He had a well paid job as a printer which he gave up just six months after getting married to join the war effort, and ended up having very little indeed. Hard not to be bitter in those circumstances I guess.